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R -- TRANSLATION OF PATENT AND NON-PATENT DOCUMENTS FROM ANY FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTO STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH. SOL 52-PAPT-5-00042. POC DORA M. SANDERS, Contract Specialist, (703) 305-8465(voice) and (703) 305-8294 (fax); DAVID J. ZELNICK, Contracting Officer. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) intends to procure translation services (all languages) involving the translation of patent and non-patent documents from any foreign language into Standard American English. This procurement is open to small businesses only and multiple awards are anticipated. The contract period is for approximately a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. The number of words to be translated per year varies from a range of approximately 22,000,000 for base year to approximately 55,000,000 for the last option year. The Standard Industrial Code is 7389. The language mix and the flow rates fluctuate in the work load of the Translations Branch. Overall, the major portion of the work to be translated is Japanese (about 65%), following by German, French and Russian. The target language of the majority of the translations will be English. Translation into foreign languages may be required from time to time. The vast majority of the translation work is scientific or technical in nature, mainly patent literature; translation of articles, legal documents, letters, etc., is also needed. Strict quality control measures are required. The translations services must include all costs for the production and delivery of the translations, e.g., all photocopying, shipping to and from the USPTO by same day or overnight delivery, facsimile and modem transmission costs. Interested firms must submit a request for the solicitation in writing (fax accepted), as soon as possible, but no later than September 8, 1995. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued on or about September 12, 1995. (0230)

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